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In a contentious hearing, Senators from both parties called on Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to defend his actions as health secretary. He has made changes to vaccine access and to the CDC leadership.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved 2025-26 COVID-19 vaccines for anyone age 65 and older and any person 6 months and older who has at least one underlying health condition that increases their risk of severe COVID-19 infection.

Democratic lawmakers and more than a thousand current and former HHS staff say Kennedy's actions are endangering America's health. Kennedy says he came to clean house and he's delivering.

The streetcar's crumpled wreckage was still on the downtown road where it crashed Thursday. Officials declined to speculate on whether a faulty brake or a snapped cable may have caused the accident.

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Dr. Elizabeth Soda, who is one of more than 1,000 federal health workers urging Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to resign.

NPR's Juana Summers talks with infectious disease expert Dr. Peter Chin-Hong about the new rules regarding access to COVID-19 vaccines.

Florida lawmakers will vote whether to repeal a law that requires children to receive vaccines for polio, diphtheria, measles, and mumps before entering school.

Attorneys for the children ask for a longer-term block, saying deportation would put them in danger and violate their rights.

New York Times reporter Sheryl Gay Stolberg discusses how Kennedy's cuts to government staff and expert groups will impact everyday Americans. A vaccine skeptic, he fired the CDC director last week.

Maxwell's placement in a minimum-security facility has drawn pushback from Jeffrey Epstein abuse survivors.